Sergei Shoigu announced plans to improve the UAV, improve communications, equipment and combat capabilities of aviationThe Russian Defense Ministry is starting a qualitative renewal of the armed forces, said the head of the department Sergei Shoigu on January 10.
In particular, it is planned to expand the arsenal of modern strike weapons, improve UAVs, communications equipment, equipment of military personnel and the operation of aircraft in the area of operation of modern air defense systems. Experts note that any military operation reveals the shortcomings of the armed forces and encourages them to work on mistakes. On January 10, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued their offensive in the Donetsk direction and shot down three Ukrainian attack aircraft.
Expanding the arsenal
The Russian Defense Ministry will have to take "exhaustive measures for the qualitative renewal of the armed forces" and increase their combat capabilities, Head of the department Sergei Shoigu said on January 10 at the first thematic conference call this year. The Minister said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will expand their arsenal of shock weapons in the near future.
The Defense Ministry, according to him, will also pay attention to improving the combat capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces - both in terms of the work of fighters and bombers in the area of operation of modern air defense systems, and in terms of improving unmanned aerial vehicles.
Strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-95MS
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"We need to constantly analyze and systematize the experience of our groups' actions in Ukraine and Syria, on the basis of which we need to draw up training programs for personnel and plans for the supply of military equipment," he said.
The practice received by our troops should become the basis for improving combat training, he also stressed.
The Ministry of Defense will have to finalize the equipment and tactical equipment of the personnel to the highest level as soon as possible.
— Everything that a fighter needs must be modern, convenient and reliable, — Sergei Shoigu stressed.
The Minister also stated the need to improve the management and communication system, which will be actively updated using artificial intelligence technologies.
The signalman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation deploys means of communication
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It is planned to digitalize databases in military commissariats. In addition, they will have to establish cooperation with local and regional authorities, as well as industry, and update the civil and territorial defense organization system. The mechanism for responding to civil initiatives will also be improved.
In addition, Shoigu said that Russia will continue to develop a nuclear triad.
— The nuclear shield has been and remains the main guarantor of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state, — explained the head of the military department.
More "Tornado"
Any military operation reveals the shortcomings of the armed forces, military expert Alexey Leonkov believes.
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— Even small flaws immediately become visible, and they need to be corrected. This is inevitable," he told Izvestia. — It is no coincidence that they say that the army is always preparing for the last war. During the fighting, the enemy uses new approaches, we adapt, we respond to these challenges: we change tactics, we use new weapons.
The expert noted that the SVO helped to identify many shortcomings related to mobilizations, equipment, supplies and the issuance of new weapons.
— By default, it was assumed that everything should be fine with mobilizations and equipment, but it turned out that we have somewhere empty, and somewhere thick. Now this mechanism has to be debugged, to bring everything to a common denominator," he believes.
The reserves that are being prepared now need to be equipped with modern, including shock, weapons, military expert Vasily Dandykin told Izvestia.
T-90M tanks
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— More modern multiple launch rocket systems will come to the troops, — he believes. — There will be more MLRS of the Tornado family. They are already being applied. These are, of course, drones. And not only reconnaissance, but maybe also shock. There has been great progress in this direction over the past year. Of course, these are tanks, including the T-90M, which perform well on the battlefield.
According to the expert, the troops also need to be provided with modern means of protection and small arms.
— A very important point is modern means of communication. They need to equip everyone — from a specific fighter to a compound," he said. — Guided ammunition is needed, which allows you not to waste a dozen shells where one can solve the problem. And so on all types of weapons. In any case, all our systems have a great potential for modernization. This applies to both heavy flamethrower systems and unmanned vehicles of various properties.
The expert does not exclude that heavier unmanned vehicles of the Hunter type, which is being tested, will also be involved.
The "Rooks" did not reach
On January 10, the Ministry of Defense told the details of the battles with Ukrainian formations in the zone of the special operation.
— In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops inflicted artillery strikes on the concentrations of manpower of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkiv region. Up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and four cars were destroyed," said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
Units of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the VFU and the 103rd Theroborona Brigade were defeated in the Krasnolimansk direction. The losses of Ukrainian formations during the day amounted to more than 40 servicemen killed and wounded, an armored personnel carrier and three pickups.
In the Donetsk direction, during successful offensive operations, units of the 57th and 59th motorized infantry brigades of the VFU were defeated, up to 50 servicemen, one tank, two armored combat vehicles and four cars were destroyed.
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In the South Donetsk direction, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen and three pickups were destroyed during the day.
Operational-tactical, army aviation, missile troops and artillery of Russia hit two warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the VFU and the 108th brigade of the Defense, as well as 62 artillery units of the VFU in firing positions and 105 areas of concentration of troops.
During the counter-battery struggle, two US-made M777 artillery systems in firing positions, four Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery units, three towed D-20 howitzers, two Grad multiple rocket launchers, and a Hurricane MLRS combat vehicle were destroyed during the day.
In addition, two US-made counter-battery radar stations AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-36 were destroyed.
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Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down three Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces in the areas of the settlements of Yasenevoye, Pushkino and Maksimilianovka in the DPR. Russian air defense shot down 10 Ukrainian drones in a day.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 370 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2,866 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,465 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 975 multiple rocket launchers, 3802 field artillery and mortars, as well as 7,992 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed, Igor Konashenkov listed.
Unexpected attack
The Russian Defense Ministry told about the servicemen who showed courage and dedication in the battles.
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The battalion tactical group of Sergeant Ivan Anisimov was defending the area when the enemy attacked the platoon stronghold. Reflecting the attack, Ivan, as part of the calculation of the infantry fighting vehicle, destroyed the car with targeted fire, as well as a large number of militants. The enemy, having received a decisive rebuff and suffered losses, retreated.
Private Rinat Basharov's group was guarding a column of special and military equipment. Rinat found an armed group of Ukrainian saboteurs in the forest belt and, using the effect of surprise, attacked the militants.
During the collision, he destroyed two militants with targeted fire. As a result, the VFU unit left its positions and retreated. The bold and decisive actions of Private Rinat Basharov made it possible to conduct a column of equipment to a given area without losses, the military department said.
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